Susan Cooper, “Ghost Hawk” author, in Houston March 3

Susan Cooper will discuss and sign “Ghost Hawk,” her new book for children 10 and older, at 3 p.m. March 2, Johnston Middle School, 10410 Manhattan. Cooper appears as part of the “Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People” series. Information: inprinthouston.org.

“When my proving time came, snow lay on the round roofs of all the homes in our village, and the ground and all the forest trees were white. You were truly a man if you could manage to survive alone, out in the forest, in the darkest part of the year, when most living things on the earth die or sleep, and the cold rules all.This was also the sacred time when you would be given a vision of the spirit who would guide your life: your Manitou.”